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fIher5 in■v a s t aeldaf-aidin??jet*\ r~ na-y a sIndependent Refiners Charge In SomoInstances Ocean Lines GiveGO Per Cent.GOT SECRET AGREEMENTBY THREAT. IT IS ALLEGEDThe Throat; Was, It, Ts Charged, Thatrent;-m-he j the Standard Oil Would Operate ItsOwn Steamers to (ho DiiYerent;lie I Ports it Rebates Were Not Granted axa1S-asItsiffin11-leFederal Authorities Are Makingan Investigation.Now York, .Ian. 14.—That Standnrd Oil lias obtained preferentialrates to South American, Australiano ■11►lyi-and South African ports for the export of kerosene, lubricating oils, par-stleeafine and tinware is charged by inde-’ pendent, oil refiners in this city whosebusiness in those sections of the globe is now seriously menaced by theRockefeller monopoly. These prefer-entials are declared to average 50 per cent, as opposed to the ocean freightage charged independent, oil men.| Standard Oil, according' to information obtained from half a dozendifferent sources within the last tendays, made a demand upon the heads of the various steamship conferencesthat dominate trade to .South America, South Africa and Australia forj. jpreferentials. The throat was, it is charged, that the Oil Trust would operate its own steamers to such portsif rebates were not granted,The move by Die Standard Oil followed a rise in rates by the various conferences. This still holds good forall independent oil concerns, but it is declared that a, secret agreementlias been reached whereby the old rate still obtains for the trust.It is said now that the question ofsf onmsh in l'JI f f llrt fnun i »'1ac ni aw .I
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Naugatuck Daily News
Naugatuck, Connecticut, US
Sat, Jan 14, 1911
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